Growing silver

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RonaldRoach
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Growing silver

#1 Post by RonaldRoach » Thu Sep 21, 2017 3:37 pm

Not sure how easy it is to get your hands on silver nitrate but if you can try adding a drop to a speck of copper and prepare to be amazed. I'm far from a chemist but as far as I am aware this is a displacement reaction and as the silver crystals grow copper nitrate is formed.
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Hope this fits in not being a biological sample but still interesting and stunning to watch.

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Re: Growing silver

#2 Post by IanW » Thu Sep 21, 2017 8:30 pm

Fascinating images. Thanks.
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Re: Growing silver

#3 Post by billben74 » Thu Sep 21, 2017 9:02 pm

Really interesting post.
No worries on fitting in. Several members post (including me) post a variety of subjects.
Its all interesting stuff.
I actually have some silver nitrate that I have been meaning to give a whorl for some time....

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Re: Growing silver

#4 Post by vasselle » Thu Sep 21, 2017 9:47 pm

Bonjour
Très beaux résultats intéressent.
Il vas falloir que j’essaie la prochaine fois.
Bravo pour ce sujet
Cordialement Seb
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Re: Growing silver

#5 Post by JimT » Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:50 pm

RonaldRoach, you can't kid me, that is a sprig of parsley :)

Really neat photos.

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